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SCHOOL 
IMPROVEMENT 
LEAGUE OF 
MAINE 




HELPS AND SUGGESTIONS 



THE CO-OPERATION OF PARENTS. 
TEACHERS AND PUPILS IN THE WORK 
OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 
INSURES THE EDUCATIONAL GROWTH 
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SCHOOL BIPROA'E^IENT LEAGUE OF MAINE. 



HELPS AND SUGGESTIONS. 
The Objects of the School Improvement League, i. To make the 
school a central point of interest in the community. 

2. To improve the physical conditions of the school. 

3. To help to provide school libraries, pictures -and supplementary 
equipment. 

4. To unite the pupils, teachers and citizens in a movement for the 
improvement of educational facilities, thereby cultivating a sense of 
responsibility for school conditions. 

Kinds of League, i. Local. 2. County. 3. State. 

Membership, i. Membership in the local League is open to the pupils, 
teachers and friends of the local school in which the League is organized. 
The only condition for such membership is that the applicant agree to 
help, in any way within his power, to forward the interests of the 
school. 

2. Each county League includes the Presidents and Secretaries of all 
local Leagues within the count}'. The object of the county League is to 
help in the direction and organization of the work of the local Leagues. 
Each county League holds its meetings annually in conjunction with the 
meeting of the County Teachers' Association. 

3. The State League includes in its membership the President and 
Secretaries of the County Leagues. The object of the State League is 
to assist in the formation and direction of plans to be followed in the 
general work of the local Leagues. The State League meets annually in 
conjunction with the meeting of the State Teachers' Association. 

Suggestions for organising a local League — The teacher should 
appoint a day for a meeting of the friends of the school. This meeting 
should be called at the schoolhouse. 

Arbor Day affords an especially appropriate opportunity for forming 
a new League. 

The teacher should explain the object of the League making special 
application of its purposes to the local school. The following or a 
similar simple constitution should be offered for adoption at the meeting. 



Constitution of the School 

Iniprovoniont League. 

Article i. 

This League shall be a branch of the School Improvement 

League of IMaine. It shall be known as the 

League. , 

Article 2. Object. 

The object of this organization shall be to unite the pupils, 
teachers and friends of the school in an effort to help and to 
improve it and to make it of the largest possible service to all 
the people of the community. 

Article 3- Members. 
Sec. I. Membership in this League shall be open to pupils, 
teachers and friends of the school who are willing to subscribe 
to the objects named in Article two. 

Article 4. Officers. 

Sec. I. The officers of this League shall consist of a Presi- 
dent, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and an Execu- 
tive Committee of three, the chairman of which shall be the 
President. These officers shall be elected by ballot at the first 
meeting of each term. 

Sec. 2. The duties of these officers shall be those usually 
required of such officers. It shall also be the duty of the Secre- 
tary to return to the Secretary of the County League full reports 
of the doings of this League. If there is no County League 
such report shall be returned to the Secretary of the State 
League. 

Article 5. Finance. 

Sec. I. The income of the League shall be derived from such 
entertainments as may be given by the Leagues and from the 
voluntary contribution of members and friends of the schools. 
There shall be no required assessments. 

Sec. 2. An account of the receipts and expenditures shall be 
rendered by the treasurer at the close of each term. 

Article 6. Meetings. 
Sec. I. The regular meetings of this League shall be held... 

Sec. 2. Special meetings may be called by the President. 

Article 7. Amendments. 
Alterations or amendments to this constitution may be made 
by a two-thirds vote of the members present at a regular meet- 
ing, provided that notice of such alteration or amendment has 
been given at a previous regular meeting. 



Naming the League. It is suggested that the League adopt the name 
of some person prominent in the history or hterature of the locality, 
State or nation and that the school committee be requested to give the 
name likewise to the school. 

Meetings. On the first or second Friday afternoon of each term a 
half hour should be taken for reorganizing the work for the term. Reg- 
ular meetings may be held on ahernate Friday afternoons or once each 
month. If careful attention is given to simple rules of procedure and 
a portion of the meeting is devoted to a literary program including 
papers, recitations, discussions and debates there would be ample justifi- 
cation, in the educational value of such work, for taking half to three- 
quarters of an hour each fortnight or month from the school session. 
Social meetings should be arranged for Saturdays, holidays or evenings. 

The opportunity offered by the League for certain literary work should 
not be overlooked. The "lyceum," for so many years connected with 
our schools, was of inestimable importance in developing certain quali- 
ties that have distinguished the product of New England institutions. 
The Leagues may wisely turn their attention to a work similar to that 
done by this excellent organization. Each meeting should devote atten- 
tion to literary exercises. Papers, debates, readings, lectures, musicales, 
are all legitimate features to introduce into the League meetings. A 
study of the lives of men famous in local. State and national life should 
be made. Leagues may profitably give attention to local historical 
research. 

THE WORK OF THE LEAGUE. 

It is essential to the success of the League that it have constantly 
before it a definite task to be performed. It is, therefore, desirable at 
the first meeting to select some object of special endeavor. Such an 
object might be the improvement of the school grounds, the securing of 
a school library, pictures or other things helpful to the school and not 
provided by the town. 
Improvement of School Grounds. 

It is hardly necessary to call the attention either of the people or the 
teachers of Maine to the importance of clean, wholesome and comfort- 
able surroundings for children. Draughty, ill-ventilated schoolrooms, 
spine-curving benches, and unsightly school yards are happily coming 
to be things of the past. Towns are showing their readiness to hasten 
the era of better facilities ; individuals and communities are daily giving 
evidence of their appreciation of improved equipment ; it is the duty 
of our teachers and school children to do their part in cultivating these 
favorable tendencies and in exercising care and protection of the things 
that are provided them. 

The League should not only exercise its eft'orts in decorating rooms 
and in grading and caring for grounds, but it is especially its province 
to assist in preserving things already provided, to help in keeping the 



room and buildings neat, and to exercise a constant watchfulness over 
the school yard. 

A school garden should be connected with every rural school. The 
League can help to make this a success. The soil about the school should 
be studied in order to determine to what plants and shrubs it is best 
adapted. The Youth's Companion, Boston, supplies free to teachers a 
book, "How to Set Out Trees and Shrubbery." 

If the yard needs grading, a day should be appointed to be spent on 
this work and the men of the community should be invited to assist with 
their teams. Arbor Day should be celebrated by clearing the yard and 
planting trees. A committee should be assigned to care for the yard 
and outbuildings. Keeping the schoolroom perfectly clean means "Better 
Physical Surroundings." 

There should be a "Vacation Committee" in each League. It should 
be the duty of this committee to see that the plants and shrubs do not 
suffer for want of attention during the long summer vacation. This 
committee should include members who live near the schoolhouse and 
should have at least one adult member. 

School Libraries. 

It is comparatively easy for any school to obtain a library of from 
twenty-five to a hundred books. With all the schools of a town thus 
supplied, by an arrangement of exchange each term or year, every child 
may have placed at his disposal in his school life a large range of read- 
ing. The library work once started will move along with other things. 
It should receive attention very early in the history of each local League. 

Every book should contain a list of rules governing its loan. 

Ten dollars will buy from twenty-five to thirty books, a good nucleus 
for a library. 

A "book sociable," a literary entertainment, a talk by some friend of 
the school, with a small admission fee, are some of the means which 
may be used for augmenting the library fund. 

The State Librarian, Augusta, Maine, will send important information 
about the State libraries. The traveling libraries can be secured at a 
very trifling cost. 

There should be a library committee to prepare and approve lists of 
books. The teacher and at least one other adult member should be on 
this committee. 

In an ungraded school the library should be planned to suit all the 
pupils and should also be arranged so that it will have value for the 
community at large. 

A list of desirable books circulated in the community may bring gifts 
to the library. 



LISTS OF BOOKS. 
The following suggestive lists are given for the assistance of library 
committees in selecting books for rural school libraries. Each list 
includes books suitable for use of pupils and teachers together with 
those intended for circulation in the community. 

First List. 

1. Beginnings of New England, Fiske. 

2. This Country of Ours, Harrison. 

3. Wolf and Montcalm, Parkman. 

4. Lights of Two Centuries, Hale. 

5. Sketches of American Writers, Keyser. 

6. Abraham Lincoln, Holland. 

7. Life and Times of Wendell Phillips, Austin. 

8. Open Sesame, Bellamy and Goodwin. 

9. All the Year Round, 3 vols.. Strong. 

10. The Great Worlds' Farm, Graye. 

11. Pictures of Travel, Anderson. 

12. Two Years Before the Mast, Dana. 

13. Views Afoot, Taylor. 

14. Seats of the Mighty, Parker. 

15. Hugh Wynne, Mitchell. 

16. Authors at Home, Abbott. 

17. Evangeline, Longfellow. 

18. Captain Jam ary, Richards. 

19. History of INTaine, Abbott and Elwell. 

20. Our System of Government, Rogers. 

21. Tales from Shakespeare, Lamb. 

22. Among Country Schools, Kern. 

23. The Crossing, Churchill. 

24. John Halifax, Gentleman, Mulock. 

25. Pilot, Cooper. 



Second List. 
History of the United States, Ridpath. 
Child's History of England, Dickens. 
Stories from EngHsh History, Blaisdell. 
Home Life of Great Authors, Griswold, 
Alexander Hamilton, Sumner. 
Plutarch's Lives for Boys and Girls, White. 
About Pebbles, Hyatt. 
The Beauties of Nature, Lubbock. 
Look About Club, Bamford. 
Zigzag Journeys in India, Butterworth. 
Pizarro, Towle. 



12. Zigzag journeys in the Levant, Bulterworth. 

13. Ivanhoe, Scott. 

14. Last Days of Pompeii. Buhver-Lytton. 

15. Swiss Family Robinson, Wyss. 

16. Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, Holmes. 

17. Nautilus, Richards. 

18. Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, MacLaren. 

19. Story of the Civil War, Ropes. 
20-21. Northward over the Great Ice, Peary. 

22. The Wrecker, Stevenson. 

2T,. American History Stories. 

24. Pilgrims and Puritans, Pratt. 

25. Cruise of the Enterprise, Otis. 

Third List. 

1. Story of Old Falmouth, Otis. 

2. War of Independence, Fiske. 

3. Story of the American Indian, Brooks. 

4. History of Our Country, Richardson. 

5. Life of Longfellow, Stoddard. 

6. Life of Bryant, Powers. 

7. Historic Girls, Brooks. 

8. Century Book of Famous Americans, Brooks. 

9. Butterflies, Scudder. 

10. Across the Continent, Bowdes. 

11. Spanish Cities, Stoddard. 

12. Oregon Trail, Parkman. 

13. Standish of Standish, Austin. 

14. Betty Alden, Austin. 

15. Alhambra, Irving. 

16. Editha's Burglar, Burnett. 

17. Jungle Book, Kipling. 

18. School of the Woods, Long. 

19. Wild Animals I Have Known, Thompson. 

20. Tom Brown's School Days, Hughes. 

21. Old Chester Tales, Deland. 

22. Pine Tree Ballads, Day. 

23. Story of My Life, Keller. 

24. Secrets of the Woods, Long. 

25. The Brook Book, Miller. 

Fourth List. 

1. Stories from American History, Dodge. 

2. Young Folks' United States History, Higginson. 

3. Noble Deeds of Our Fathers, Watson. 

4. Biographical Booklets, Lincoln, Baldwin. 



5 Life of Andrew Jackson, Sumner. 

6. Life of Hannibal, Arnold. 

7. Boys of Other Countries, Taylor. 

8. Story Book of Science, Buckley. 

9. Birds Through an Opera Glass, Merriam. 
ID. Upland and Meadow, Abbott. 

11. People and Places, 5 vols., Pratt. 

12. Pictures of Italy, Dickens. 

13. Zigzag Journeys in Europe, Butterworth. 

14. Tom Brown at Oxford, Hughes. 

15. American Girl in London, Duncan. 

16. Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan. 

17. ]\Iarguerite and Hildegarde's Home, Richards. 

18. Wilderness Ways, Long. 

19. Character Building, Washington. 

20. People of Our Neighborhood, Williams. 

21. The Crisis, Churchill. 

2,2. ]\lan from Glengarry, Connor. 

22,. New France and New England. 

24. St. Ives, Stevenson. 

25. Rip Van Winkle, Irving. 

Fifth List. 

1. Making of an American, Riis. 

2. History and Government of Maine, Stetson. 

3. True Stories from New England History, Parkman. 

4. Stories of the Civil War, Blaisdell. 

5. Sea Kings and Naval Heroes, Edgar. 

6. Biographical Booklets, Clay, Baldwin. 

7. Biographical Booklets, Franklin, Baldwin. 

8. Famous Leaders Among Men, Bolton. 

9. Famous Leaders Among Women, Bolton. 

10. Little Folks in Feathers and Fur, Miller. 

11. First Step in Geology, Shaler. 

12. Ants, Bees and Wasps, Lubbock. 

13. Little People of Asia, Miller. 

14. Zigzag Journeys in the British Isles, Butterworth. 

15. Zigzag Journeys in Classic Lands, Butterworth. 

16. Tale of Two Cities, Dickens. 

17. Little Women, Alcott. 

18. Adventures of a Brownie, Mulock. 

19. Five Minute Stories, Richards. 

20. Cavalier, Cable. 

21. Up From Slavery, Washington. 

22. Black Beauty, Sewall. 

23. Captains Toll-gate, Stockton. 



24- Ri.ulit o\ Way, Tarkor. 

J5. In Old Now luiglaiul, Buttorworth. 

Sixth List. 

1. English Kings in a Nutshell, Hamilton. 

2. New England Stories, Hawthorne. 

3. Girlhood in New England, Larcom. 

4. Children's Stories in English Literature, Wright. 

5. Daniel Boone, Ellis. 

6. Biographical Booklets, Washington, Baldwin. 

7. Biographical Booklets, Webster, Baldwin. 

8. Fairyland of Flowers, Pratt. 

9. Family Flights, Hale. 

10. All Aboard for Sunrise Lands, Rand. 

11. Rescue of Greeley, Schley and Sorley. 

12. Last of the Mohicans, Cooper. 

13. Age of Fable, Bulfinch. 

14. Julius Caesar, Shakespeare. 

15. Queen Hildegarde, Richards. 

16. History of Maine, MacDonald. 

17. Pioneer History of the Mississippi Valley, McMurry. 

18. Meaning of Pictures, Van Dyke. 

19. For the Honor of the School, Barbour. 

20. Walks in New England, Whiting. 

21. The Indians of New England, Burton. 

22. Maine Woods, Thoreau. 

23. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Wiggiru 

24. The Dumb Soldiers, Stevenson. 

25. Saturday Bird Class, Miller. 

Seventh List. 

1. Fairy Tales, Anderson. 

2. Captain January, Richards. 

3. King Arthur and His Court, Greene. 

4. Stories from Plutarch. 

5. A Boy on a Farm, Abbott. 

6. History of Maine, Abbott and Elwell. 

7. Ten Great Events in History, Johonnot. 

8. Buildings of the Nation, Coffin. 

9. The Great West, Pratt. 

10. Children's Life of Lincoln, Putnam. 

ii. Old Salamanda, (Farragut), Headley. 

12. Fight it Out on This Line, (Grant), Headley. 

13. Life of Alexander, Abbott. 

14. Madam How and Lady Why, Kingsley. 

15. Life of Andrew Jackson, Sumner. 



i6. Life of Hannibal, Arnold. 

17. Boys of Other Countries, Taylor. 

18. Story Book of Science, Buckley. 

19. Home Pictures of English Poets, Sanborn. 

20. Life of Samuel Adams, Hosmer. 

21. Common Minerals and Rocks, Crosby. 

22. Farthest North., Xansen. 

23. Through Darkest Africa, Stanley. 
24- Man Without a Country, Hale. 

25. Arthur and the Knights of the Ro-^d Table, FarringtorL 

1. Fairy Tales, Grimm. 

2. The Silver Crown, Richards. 

3. Homeric Stories, HalL 

4. The Golden Fleece, Baldwin. 

5. History of Our Own Times, McCarthy. 

6. Fifteen Decisive Battles, Creasy. 

7. Brave Little Holland, Griffis. 

8. Famous American Statesmen, Bolton. 

9. Life of Henry Clay, 2 vols., Schurz. 

10. Children's Stories in American Literarjre, Wright 

11. Plants and Their Children, Dana, 

12. Walden, or Life in the ^A'oods, Thoreau. 

13. Wake-Robin, Burroughs. 

14. Hawaiian Archipelago, Eishcp. 

15. Boy Travelers, Knox. 

16. Little Lord Fauntleroy, Burnett. 

17. Story of Patsy, Wiggin. 

18. Private Life of the Romans, Preston. 

19. Classic Myths in English Literature. Gayley. 

20. Poor E:ys Who Became Famous, Bolton. 

21. Zigzag Jcurneys Arcund tite World, Butterworth. 

22. Children of the Cold, Schwatka. 
2$. Footprints of Travel, Ballou. 

24. L'ncle Tom's Cabin, Stowe. 

25. Captains Courageous, Kipling. 

XixTH List. 

1. B:;i-t :: raiies and Folk Stories. Scudder. 

2. The Golden Windows, Richards. 

3. Old Xorse Stories. Bradish. 

4. The Iron' Star, True. 

5. Old Times in the Colonies, Comn. 

6. Stories of Old Rome, Pratt. 

7. Boston Tea Partv. Watson. 



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S. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. 

0. Life of Joan of Arc, Bartlett. 

10. Lives of the Presidents, Ellis. 

11. Robert Bruce, Maxwell. 

12. Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children, Andrews. 

13. A Song of Life, Morley. 

14. Little Flower People, Hale. 

15. Little Girl of Long Ago, White. 

16. Canoe-mates, Monroe. 

17. Century Book for Young Americans, Brooks. 

18. Polly Oliver's Problem, Wiggin. 

19. Little I\Ien, Alcott. 

20. Don Quixote, Wheaton. 

21. Twice Told Tales, Hawthorne. 

22. Seven Little Sisters, Andrews. 
2z. Ben Hur, Wallace. 

24. Stories of American Life and Adventure, Eggleston, 

25. Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg. 

Tenth List. 

1. Washington and His Country, Irving-Fiske. 

2. New France, Parkman. 

3. Paul Jones, Seawell. 

4. Historic Boys, Brooks. 

5. Story of the Stars, Chambers. 

6. Little Folks of Other Lands, Humphrey and Chaplin. 

7. With the Birds of Maine. 

8. Zigzag Journeys in the Occident, Butterworth. 

9. Story of a Bad Boy, Aldrich. 

10. Lorna Doone, Blackmore. 

11. Hoosier School Boy, Eggleston. 

12. Nation in a Nutshell, Towle. 

13. New England Legends and Folk Lore, Drake. 

14. Chivalric Days, Brooks. 

15. Girls Who Became Famous, Bolton. 

16. Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans, Eggleston. 

17. Washington and His Country, Fiske. 

18. Moths and Butterflies, Ballard. 

19. Geological Story Briefly Told, Dana. 

20. Life at Puget Sound, Leighton. 

21. Java, the Pearl of the East, Gigginson. 

22. Zigzag Journeys in AustraHa, Butterworth. 

23. In the Boyhood of Lincoln, Butterworth. 

24. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Carroll. 

25. Arabian Nights, Eliot. 



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Suggestive List of Books for the Teachers' Library. 

1. Teaching a District School, Dinsmore. American Book Co. 

2. Among Country Schools, Ginn and Company. 

3. Hygiene of the School Room, Barry, Silver, Burdett & Co. 

4. School Sanitation and Decoration, Heath and Company. 

5. The Childrens' Hour, Baily Lewis, Milton, Bradley Co. 

6. How to Tell Stories to Children, Bryant. Houghton, Mifflin 

Co. 

7. The School and its Life, Gilbert. Silver, Burdett & Co. 

8. The Basis of Practical Teaching. Silver, Burdett & Co. 

9. Youth, Hall. Appletons. 

10. Special ]\Iethods Series, McMurry. MacMillan. 

11. History of Education, Seeley. American Book Co. 

12. Our Schools, Chancellor. D. C. Heath & Co. 

13. Philosophy of Education, Howe. MacMillan. 

14. The Bible as Good Reading, Beveridge. Altemus. 

15. Economy in Education, Roark. American Book Co. 

16. ]\Iethod in Education, Roark. American Book Co. 

17. Common Sense Didactics, Sabin. Rand ]\IcXally Co. 

18. Talks to Teachers, James. Henry Holt & Co. 

19. Horace ]\Iann, Compayre. Crowell & Co. 

20. Jean ^Mitchell's School, Wray. Public School Publishing Ca 

21. Reading, How to Teach it, Arnold. Silver Burdett & Co. 

22. How^ to Make School Gardens, Hemenway. Doubleday, Page 

& Co. 

23. Theory and Practice of Teaching, Page. American Book Co. 

24. Aspects of Child Life and Education, Hall. Ginn & Co. 

25. The Educational Ideal, Munroe. D. C. Heath & Co. 

Additional Hsts of books suitable for school libraries may be 
secured by conference with the local dealer or by addressing the follow- 
ing publishers. 

The Educational Publishing Company, Boston. 

Houghton, ]\Iifflin &. Company, Boston. 

The American Book Company, Boston. 

Ginn and Company, Boston. 

D. C. Heath and Company, Boston. 

Leach, Shewell and Sanborn, Boston. 

Lee and Shepherd, Boston. 

Silver, Burdette and Company, Boston. 

Thompson, Brown and Company, Boston. 

The Werner Company, Boston. 

Harper Brothers, New York City. 

D. Appleton and Company, Xew York City. 

E. H. Butler and Company, New York City. 
Henry Holt and Company, New York City. 



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Longmans, Grccn and Company, New York City. 
Macmillan and Company, New York City. 
Maynard, Merrill and Company, New York City. 
- G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York City. 
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City. 
Slieldon and Company, New York City. 
University Publishing Company, New York City. 
Henry Altemus Company, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Making the Schoolroom Attractive. 

An important part of the League's work will be to make the school- 
room more attractive. In planning improvements of this kind it is best 
to begin by tinting the walls a soft restful shade. The colors should be 
so arranged that the floor will be the darkest part of the room, the 
wainscoting lighter than the floor, the walls lighter than the wainscoting 
and the ceiling the lightest portion of the room. The ceiling should be 
pure white or light cream. The walls may be light drab, light gray, 
light bluish gray or light greenish yellow. If the walls are to be papered 
designs should be avoided. Tinted papers are the best. 

Picture moulding is not expensive and the results of its use are more 
satisfactory than that of unsightly nails and screws. A picture to be 
hung on the wall should be large enough to command attention. 

Small copies of pictures are excellent for seat study, and a supply 
of them for this purpose is a wise League investment. 

In framing pictures the use of ornate and gilt frames should be 
avoided. Plain mouldings are far more satisfactory for the schoolroom. 
In a village a picture loan exhibit would add to the decoration fund. 

Plaster casts are very attractive; there is a wide choice of subjects 
and they are inexpensive. Any school may own at least one. Following 
are suggestive lists of casts and pictures. 

Lists of Casts and Pictures. 

First List. 

Cast : Night, Thorwaldsen. 

Pictures: No Thoroughfare, Douglass; Home from a First Voyage, 
Rosenthal; The Departure of Pilgrim Fathers, Lucy; Columbus at 
Court of Ferdinand and Isabella, Brojek. 

Second List. 
Cast: Apollo in Chariot. 

Pictures: Return of the Reapers, Minet; Favorites, Landseer; St. 
Cecilia, Hoffman ; Mother and Child, Bodenhausen. 

Third List. 
Cast : Julius Caesar. 

Pictures : End of the Harvest, Wetherbee ; Evangeline, Douglass ; 
Shoeing of the Horse; Children of Charles I, Van Dyck. 



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Fourth List. 
Cast : Cicero. 

Pictures: Angels' Heads, Reynolds; A Xorman Sire, Rosa Bonheur; 
Christ Blessing Children, Plockhurst; Portrait of Holmes. 

Fifth List. 
Cast: Samuel Adams. 

Pictures: Pharaoh's Horses, Herring; Return of the ]\Iayflo\ver^ 
Boughton ; Christmas Bells, Blashford; Portrait of Washington, Stuart. 

Sixth List. 
Cast: Shakespeare. 

Pictures: Pilgrim Exiles, Boughton; Castle of Chillon; Anne 
Hathaway's Cottage ; ^ladonna and Child, ]\Iurillo. 

Seventh List. 
Cast : Choir Boys. 

Pictures : Breaking the Home Ties, Hovenden ; Scotland Forever^ 
Thompson ; Angelus, ]\Iillet ; Dignity and Impudence, Landseer. 

Eighth List. 
Cast : Thomas Jefferson. 

Pictures : Chariot Race from Ben Hur, Chica ; Foundling Girls, 
Anderson; AVarwick Castle; Portrait of Scott, 

Xinth List. 
Cast : Morning, Thorwaldsen. 

Pictures: Bridge of Sighs, Venice: Thoroughbred, Hardy; Niagara 
Falls ; Portrait of Froebel. 

Tenth List. 
Cast : Longfellow. 

Pictures : The Boy Christ in the Temple, Hoffman ; William Tell's 
Chapel ; Cattle Resting, Rosa Bonheur ; Portrait of AA'hittier. 

Eleimth List. 
Cast : AVashington. 

Pictures: ]\Iadonna and Child, Bouguereau; A Halt in the Oasis,. 
Schreyer ; ^Monarch of the Glen, Landseer; Portrait of Emerson. 

Tzi'elfth List. 
Cast : Lincoln. 

Pictures: Sistine ^Madonna, Raphael ; Baby Stuart, Van Dyck; The 
Horse Fair, Rosa Bonheur; Portrait of Webster. 



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ThirtcciitJi List. 
Cast : Webster. 

Pictures: .The ArehaiiiAel and Tohit, ln)llieelli ; A Noble Charger, 
Rosa r^oiiheur; The Meadow, Dupre ; Portrait of Longfellow. 

Fourteenth JList. 
Cast : Venus de Afilo. 

Pictures: Sistine Madonna, Raphad ; The (deaners, Millet; Primary 
School in Brittany. C.eoffray; Arch of Constantine, Rome. 

Fifteenth Fist. 
Cast : Young Augustus. 

Pictures: Madonna of the Chair, Raphael; Arab School, Algiers; 
Mother and Child ; Morning, Le Brun ; Portrait of Lincoln. 

Among the well known dealers in casts, etchings, engravings, photo- 
gravures, photographs, etc., are the following : 

Perry Pictures Co., Maiden. 

Curtis and Cameron, Boston. 

Prang Educational Company, Boston. 

P. P. Caproni and Company, Boston. 

C. H. Dunton and Company, Boston. 

W. H. Pierce and Company, Boston. 

Soule Photograph Company, Boston. 

Berlin Photographic Company, New York City. 

Alinori and Cook, Corso 137 A., Rome, Italy. 

English Photographic Co., 15 Stadion St., Athens, Greece. 

Charles Nayer, Place S. Mark, N. 75-79, Venice, Italy. 

G. Sommer & Pigleo, Sargo, Vittoria, Palazzo Sommer, Naples, Italy. 

RKPORTS AND PUBLICITY. 

It is of first importance that there be extended full informa- 
tion of the League's activities. The local secretary should send 
promptly to the county and State secretaries reports of 
important meetings and of improvements made. Frequent 
notes of public interest should be sent to the local papers. 
Teachers will receive much valuable assistance by correspond- 
ence with other teachers who have organized Leagues. County 
secretaries can furnish the names and addresses of these 
teachers. 



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